List of Stanley Cup champions

This is a list of Stanley Cup champions, including finalists and challengers. The Stanley Cup, donated by former Governor General of Canada Lord Stanley of Preston in 1892, is the oldest professional sports trophy in North America.^[1] Originally inscribed the Dominion Hockey Challenge Cup, the trophy started out as an award for Canada's top-ranking amateur ice hockey club. Today, it is awarded to the top team in the National Hockey League, a professional ice hockey league.

The Stanley Cup

Challenge era

Date	Winning team	Coach	Losing team	Playoff format	Score	Winning goal
March 17, 1893	Montreal HC (AHAC)	Harry Shaw (mgr.)	1893 AHAC champions, no challengers
March 22, 1894	Montreal HC (AHAC)	Harry Shaw (mgr.)	Ottawa HC (AHAC)	Single-elimination (1894 AHAC championship playoff)	3–1	Billy Barlow (9:00, 3rd qtr)
March 8, 1895	Montreal Victorias (AHAC)	Mike Grant (capt.)	1895 AHAC Champion[A]
February 14, 1896	Winnipeg Victorias (MHA)	Jack Armytage (capt.)	Montreal Victorias (AHAC)	Single-elimination	2–0	Dan Bain
February 29, 1896	Winnipeg Victorias (MHA)	Jack Armytage (capt.)	1896 MHA champion[2]
December 30, 1896	Montreal Victorias (AHAC)	Mike Grant (capt.)	Winnipeg Victorias (MHA)	Single-elimination	6–5	Ernie McLean
March 6, 1897	Montreal Victorias (AHAC)	Mike Grant (capt.)	1897 AHAC Champion
December 27, 1897	Montreal Victorias (AHAC)	Mike Grant (capt.)	Ottawa Capitals (CCHA)	Single-elimination[B]	15–2
March 5, 1898	Montreal Victorias (AHAC)	Frank Richardson	1898 AHAC Champion
February 15–18, 1899	Montreal Victorias (CAHL)	Frank Richardson	Winnipeg Victorias (MHA)	Two-game total goals	5–3	B. McDougall (2nd half)
March 4, 1899	Montreal Shamrocks (CAHL)	Harry Trihey (capt.)	1899 CAHL Champion
March 14,1899	Montreal Shamrocks (CAHL)	Harry Trihey (capt.)	Queen's University (OHA)	Single-elimination	6–2	Harry Trihey
February 12–15, 1900	Montreal Shamrocks (CAHL)	Harry Trihey (capt.)	Winnipeg Victorias (MHA)	Best-of-three	2–1	Harry Trihey (2nd half)
March 7, 1900	Montreal Shamrocks (CAHL)	Harry Trihey (capt.)	Halifax Crescents (MaHL)	Best-of-three	2–0	Joe McKenna
March 10, 1900	Montreal Shamrocks (CAHL)	Harry Trihey (capt.)	1900 CAHL Champion
January 29–31,1901	Winnipeg Victorias (MHA)	Dan Bain (capt.)	Montreal Shamrocks (CAHL)	Best-of-three	2–0	Dan Bain
February 19, 1901	Winnipeg Victorias (MHA)	Dan Bain (capt.)	Winnipeg HC (MHA)	Single-elimination (1901 MHA championship)	4–3[3]
January 21–23, 1902	Winnipeg Victorias (MHA)	Dan Bain (capt.)	Toronto Wellingtons (OHA)	Best-of-three	2–0	Scanlon (9:00, 2nd half)
March, 1902	Winnipeg Victorias (MHA)	Dan Bain (capt.)	1902 MHA Champion
March 15–17, 1902	Montreal HC (CAHL)	Clarence McKerrow	Winnipeg Victorias (MHA)	Best-of-three	2–1	Jack Marshall (1st half)
January 29–31, February 2–4, 1903	Montreal HC (CAHL)	Clarence McKerrow	Winnipeg Victorias (MHA)	Best-of-three	2–1[C]	Tom Phillips
March 7–10, 1903	Ottawa Senators (CAHL)	Alf Smith	Montreal Victorias (CAHL)	Two-game total goals (1903 CAHL championship playoff)	9–1
March 12–14, 1903	Ottawa Senators (CAHL)	Alf Smith	Rat Portage Thistles (MNWHA)	Best-of-three	2–1	Frank McGee (8:20, 1st half)
January 1–4, 1904	Ottawa Senators (CAHL)	Alf Smith	Winnipeg Rowing Club (MHA)	Best-of-three	2–1	Frank McGee (11:00, 2nd half)
February 23–25, 1904	Ottawa Senators[D]	Alf Smith	Toronto Marlboros (OHA)	Best-of-three	2–0	Moore (9:38, 1st half)
March 2, 1904	Ottawa Senators[D]	Alf Smith	Montreal Wanderers (FAHL)	Two-game total goals	[E]
March 9–11, 1904	Ottawa Senators[D]	Alf Smith	Brandon Wheat Kings (MNWHA)	Best-of-three	2–0
January 13–16, 1905	Ottawa Senators (FAHL)	Alf Smith	Dawson City Nuggets	Best-of-three	2–0	Harry Westwick (12:15, 1st half)
March 3, 1905	Ottawa Senators (FAHL)	Alf Smith	1905 FAHL Champion
March 7–9, 1905	Ottawa Senators (FAHL)	Alf Smith	Rat Portage Thistles (MHL)	Best-of-three	2–1	Frank McGee
February 27–28, 1906	Ottawa Senators (ECAHA)	Alf Smith	Queen's University (OHA)	Best-of-three	2–0	Harvey Pulford (10:00, 2nd half)
March 6–8, 1906	Ottawa Senators (ECAHA)	Alf Smith	Smiths Falls (FAHL)	Best-of-three	2–0	Frank McGee (17:45, 1st half)
March 14–17, 1906	Montreal Wanderers (ECAHA)	Cecil Blanchford (capt.)	Ottawa Senators (ECAHA)	Two-game total goals (1906 ECAHA championship playoff)	12–10	Lester Patrick
December 27–29, 1906	Montreal Wanderers (ECAHA)	Cecil Blanchford (capt.)	New Glasgow Cubs (MaHL)	Two-game total goals	17–5
January 21–23, 1907	Kenora Thistles (MPHL)	James Link	Montreal Wanderers (ECAHA)	Two-game total goals	12–8	Roxy Beaudro
March 16–18, 1907	Kenora Thistles (MPHL)	James Link	Brandon Wheat Kings (MPHL)	Best-of-three (1907 MPHL championship)	2–0
March 23–25, 1907	Montreal Wanderers (ECAHA)	Cecil Blanchford	Kenora Thistles (MPHL)	Two-game total goals	12–8	Ernest "Moose" Johnson
January 9–13, 1908	Montreal Wanderers (ECAHA)	Cecil Blanchford	Ottawa Victorias (FAHL)	Two-game total goals	22–4
March 7, 1908	Montreal Wanderers (ECAHA)	Cecil Blanchford	1908 ECAHA Champions
March 10–12, 1908	Montreal Wanderers (ECAHA)	Cecil Blanchford	Winnipeg Maple Leafs (MPHL)	Two-game total goals	20–8
March 14, 1908	Montreal Wanderers (ECAHA)	Cecil Blanchford	Toronto (OPHL)	Single-elimination	6–4	Ernest "Moose" Johnson
December 28–30, 1908	Montreal Wanderers (ECAHA)	Cecil Blanchford	Edmonton Hockey Club (AAHA)	Two-game total goals	13–10
March 6, 1909	Ottawa Senators (ECAHA)	Pete Green	1909 ECAHA champions
January 5–7, 1910	Ottawa Senators (CHA)	Pete Green	Galt (OPHL)	Two-game total goals	15–4	Bruce Ridpath (2nd half)
January 18–20, 1910	Ottawa Senators (NHA)	Pete Green	Edmonton Hockey Club (AAHA)	Two-game total goals	21–11	Bruce Stuart (23:45, 1st half)
March 9, 1910	Montreal Wanderers (NHA)	Frank "Pud" Glass (capt.)	1910 NHA Champion
March 12, 1910	Montreal Wanderers (NHA)	Frank "Pud" Glass (capt.)	Berlin Union Jacks (OPHL)	Single-elimination	7–3	Harry Hyland (22:00, 1st half)
March 10, 1911	Ottawa Senators (NHA)	Pete Green	1911 NHA Champions
March 13, 1911	Ottawa Senators (NHA)	Pete Green	Galt (OPHL)	Single-elimination	7–4	Marty Walsh (5:00, 3rd)
March 16, 1911	Ottawa Senators (NHA)	Pete Green	Port Arthur Bearcats (NOHA)	Single-elimination	13–4	Marty Walsh (4:30, 2nd)
March 5, 1912	Quebec Bulldogs (NHA)	Charles Nolan	1912 NHA Champions
March 11–13, 1912	Quebec Bulldogs (NHA)	Charles Nolan	Moncton Victorias (MaPHL)	Best-of-three	2–0	Joe Malone (18:00, 1st)
March 5, 1913	Quebec Bulldogs (NHA)	Joe Malone (capt.)	1913 NHA Champions
March 8–10, 1913	Quebec Bulldogs (NHA)	Joe Malone (capt.)	Sydney Miners (MaPHL)	Two-game total goals	20–5
March 7–11, 1914	Toronto Blueshirts (NHA)	Scotty Davidson	Montreal Canadiens (NHA)	Two-game total goals (1914 NHA championship playoff)	6–2
March 14–19, 1914	Toronto Blueshirts (NHA)	Scotty Davidson	Victoria Aristocrats (PCHA)	Best-of-five	3–0 [F]	Harry Cameron (6:00, 3rd)

Notes

^ A. Although the Montreal Victorias won the AHAC title in 1895, the Stanley Cup trustees had already accepted a challenge from the 1894 Cup champion Montreal HC and Queen's University. As a compromise, the trustees decided that if the Montreal HC won the challenge match, the Victorias would become the Stanley Cup champions. The Montreals eventually won the game, 5–1, and their crosstown rivals were awarded the Cup.

^ B. Intended to be a best-of-three series, Ottawa Capitals withdrew their challenge after the first game.

^ C. The January 31 (a Saturday) game was tied 2–2 at midnight and the Mayor of Westmount refused to allow play to continue on the Sunday. The game was played on February 2 (a Monday) and the January 31 game was considered to be void.^[4]

^ D. For most of 1904, the Ottawa Senators were not affiliated with any league.

^ E. The Montreal Wanderers were disqualified as the result of a dispute. After game one ended tied at the end of regulation, 5–5, the Wanderers refused to play overtime with the current referee, and then subsequently refused to play the next game of the series in Ottawa.

^ F. Victoria did not formally challenge for the Stanley Cup with the Stanley Cup trustees. Toronto accepted the challenge directly.^[5]

Source

• Coleman, Charles L. (1964). The Trail of the Stanley Cup, vol. 1, 1893–1926 inc. Sherbrooke, Quebec: Sherbrooke Daily Record Company Limited.

NHA/NHL vs. PCHA/WCHL/WHL champions

Season	Winning team	Coach	Losing team	Coach	Games	Winning goal
1914–15	Vancouver Millionaires (PCHA)	Frank Patrick	Ottawa Senators (NHA)	Frank Shaughnessy (mgr.)	3–0	Barney Stanley (5:30, 2nd)
1915–16	Montreal Canadiens (NHA)	George Kennedy	Portland Rosebuds (PCHA)	Edward Savage (mgr.)	3–2	George Prodger (17:20, 3rd)
1916–17	Seattle Metropolitans (PCHA)	Pete Muldoon	Montreal Canadiens (NHA)	Newsy Lalonde	3–1	Bernie Morris (7:55, 1st)
1917–18	Toronto (NHL)	Dick Carroll	Vancouver Millionaires (PCHA)	Frank Patrick	3–2	Corb Denneny (10:30, 3rd)
1918–19	Not awarded because of the flu epidemic.
1919–20	Ottawa Senators (NHL)	Pete Green	Seattle Metropolitans (PCHA)	Pete Muldoon	3–2	Jack Darragh (5:00, 3rd)
1920–21	Ottawa Senators (NHL)	Pete Green	Vancouver Millionaires (PCHA)	Lloyd Cook & Frank Patrick	3–2	Jack Darragh (9:40, 2nd)
1921–22	Toronto St. Pats (NHL)	George O'Donoghue	Vancouver Millionaires (PCHA)	Lloyd Cook & Frank Patrick	3–2	Babe Dye (4:20, 1st)
1922–23	Ottawa Senators (NHL)	Pete Green	Edmonton Eskimos (WCHL)	Ken McKenzine	2–0	Punch Broadbent (11:23, 1st)
1923–24	Montreal Canadiens (NHL)	Leo Dandurand	Calgary Tigers (WCHL)	Eddie Oatman	2–0	Howie Morenz (4:55, 1st)
1924–25	Victoria Cougars (WCHL)	Lester Patrick	Montreal Canadiens (NHL)	Leo Dandurand	3–1	Gizzy Hart (2:35, 2nd)
1925–26	Montreal Maroons (NHL)	Eddie Gerard	Victoria Cougars (WHL)	Lester Patrick	3–1	Nels Stewart (2:50, 2nd)

NHL champion

The Conn Smythe Trophy is awarded to the player who is judged to be the most valuable player to his team during the playoffs.^[6] It was first awarded during the 1964–65 playoffs.

Numbers in parentheses in the table indicate the number of times that team has appeared in the Stanley Cup Finals, as well as each respective team's Stanley Cup Finals record to date.

Year	Winning team	Coach	Games	Losing team	Coach	Winning goal
1927	Ottawa Senators (C) (5, 4–1)	Dave Gill	2–0	Boston Bruins (A) (1, 0–1)	Art Ross	Cy Denneny (7:30, second)
1928	New York Rangers (A) (1, 1–0)	Lester Patrick-playing	3–2	Montreal Maroons (C) (2, 1–1)	Eddie Gerard	Frank Boucher (3:35, third)
1929	Boston Bruins (A) (2, 1–1)	Art Ross	2–0	New York Rangers (A) (2, 1–1)	Lester Patrick	Bill Carson (18:02, third)
1930	Montreal Canadiens (C) (6, 3–2)	Cecil Hart	2–0	Boston Bruins (A) (3, 1–2)	Art Ross	Howie Morenz (1:00, second)
1931	Montreal Canadiens (C) (7, 4–2)		3–2	Chicago Black Hawks (A) (1, 0–1)	Dick Irvin	Johnny Gagnon (9:59, second)
1932	Toronto Maple Leafs (C) (3, 3–0)	Dick Irvin	3–0	New York Rangers (A) (3, 1–2)	Lester Patrick	Ace Bailey (15:07, third)
1933	New York Rangers (A) (4, 2–2)	Lester Patrick	3–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (C) (4, 3–1)	Dick Irvin	Bill Cook (7:34, OT)
1934	Chicago Black Hawks (A) (2, 1–1)	Tommy Gorman	3–1	Detroit Red Wings (A) (1, 0–1)	Jack Adams	Mush March (10:05, second OT)
1935	Montreal Maroons (C) (2, 2–1)		3–0	Toronto Maple Leafs (C) (5, 3–2)	Dick Irvin	Baldy Northcott (16:18, second)
1936	Detroit Red Wings (A) (2, 1–1)	Jack Adams	3–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (C) (6, 3–3)		Pete Kelly (9:45, third)
1937	Detroit Red Wings (A) (3, 2–1)		3–2	New York Rangers (A) (5, 2–3)	Lester Patrick	Marty Barry (19:22, first)
1938	Chicago Black Hawks (A) (3, 2–1)	Bill Stewart	3–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (C) (7, 3–4)	Dick Irvin	Carl Voss (16:45, second)
1939	Boston Bruins (4, 2–2)	Art Ross	4–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (8, 3–5)		Roy Conacher (17:54, second)
1940	New York Rangers (6, 3–3)	Frank Boucher	4–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (9, 3–6)		Bryan Hextall (2:07, OT)
1941	Boston Bruins (5, 3–2)	Cooney Weiland	4–0	Detroit Red Wings (4, 2–2)	Jack Adams	Bobby Bauer (8:43, second)
1942	Toronto Maple Leafs (10, 4–6)	Hap Day	4–3	Detroit Red Wings (5, 2–3)	Jack Adams	Pete Langelle (9:48, third)
1943	Detroit Red Wings (6, 3–3)	Jack Adams	4–0	Boston Bruins (6, 3–3)	Art Ross	Joe Carveth (12:09, first)
1944	Montreal Canadiens (8, 5–2)	Dick Irvin	4–0	Chicago Black Hawks (4, 2–2)	Paul Thompson	Toe Blake (9:12, OT)
1945	Toronto Maple Leafs (11, 5–6)	Hap Day	4–3	Detroit Red Wings (7, 3–4)	Jack Adams	Babe Pratt (12:14, third)
1946	Montreal Canadiens (9, 6–2)	Dick Irvin	4–1	Boston Bruins (7, 3–4)	Dit Clapper	Toe Blake (11:06, third)
1947	Toronto Maple Leafs (12, 6–6)	Hap Day	4–2	Montreal Canadiens (10, 6–3)	Dick Irvin	Ted Kennedy (14:39, third)
1948	Toronto Maple Leafs (13, 7–6)		4–0	Detroit Red Wings (8, 3–5)	Tommy Ivan	Harry Watson (11:13, first)
1949	Toronto Maple Leafs (14, 8–6)		4–0	Detroit Red Wings (9, 3–6)		Cal Gardner (19:45, second)
1950	Detroit Red Wings (10, 4–6)	Tommy Ivan	4–3	New York Rangers (7, 3–4)	Lynn Patrick	Pete Babando (8:31, second OT)
1951	Toronto Maple Leafs (15, 9–6)	Joe Primeau	4–1	Montreal Canadiens (11, 6–4)	Dick Irvin	Bill Barilko (2:53, OT)
1952	Detroit Red Wings (11, 5–6)	Tommy Ivan	4–0	Montreal Canadiens (12, 6–5)		Metro Prystai (6:50, first)
1953	Montreal Canadiens (13, 7–5)	Dick Irvin	4–1	Boston Bruins (8, 3–5)	Lynn Patrick	Elmer Lach (1:22, OT)
1954	Detroit Red Wings (12, 6–6)	Tommy Ivan	4–3	Montreal Canadiens (14, 7–6)	Dick Irvin	Tony Leswick (4:20, OT)
1955	Detroit Red Wings (13, 7–6)	Jimmy Skinner	4–3	Montreal Canadiens (15, 7–7)		Gordie Howe (19:49, second)
1956	Montreal Canadiens (16, 8–7)	Toe Blake	4–1	Detroit Red Wings (14, 7–7)	Jimmy Skinner	Maurice Richard (15:08, second)
1957	Montreal Canadiens (17, 9–7)		4–1	Boston Bruins (9, 3–6)	Milt Schmidt	Dickie Moore (0:14, second)
1958	Montreal Canadiens (18, 10–7)		4–2	Boston Bruins (10, 3–7)		Bernie Geoffrion (19:26, second)
1959	Montreal Canadiens (19, 11–7)		4–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (16, 9–7)	Punch Imlach	Marcel Bonin (9:55, second)
1960	Montreal Canadiens (20, 12–7)		4–0	Toronto Maple Leafs (17, 9–8)		Jean Beliveau (8:16, first)
1961	Chicago Black Hawks (5, 3–2)	Rudy Pilous	4–2	Detroit Red Wings (15, 7–8)	Sid Abel	Ab McDonald (18:49, second)
1962	Toronto Maple Leafs (18, 10–8)	Punch Imlach	4–2	Chicago Black Hawks (6, 3–3)	Rudy Pilous	Dick Duff (14:14, third)
1963	Toronto Maple Leafs (19, 11–8)		4–1	Detroit Red Wings (16, 7–9)	Sid Abel	Eddie Shack (13:28, third)
1964	Toronto Maple Leafs (20, 12–8)		4–3	Detroit Red Wings (17, 7–10)		Andy Bathgate (3:04, first)
1965	Montreal Canadiens (21, 13–7)	Toe Blake	4–3	Chicago Black Hawks (7, 3–4)	Billy Reay	Jean Beliveau (0:14, first)
1966	Montreal Canadiens (22, 14–7)		4–2	Detroit Red Wings (18, 7–11)	Sid Abel	Henri Richard (2:20, OT)
1967	Toronto Maple Leafs (21, 13–8)	Punch Imlach	4–2	Montreal Canadiens (23, 14–8)	Toe Blake	Jim Pappin (19:24, second)
1968	Montreal Canadiens (E) (24, 15–8)	Toe Blake	4–0	St. Louis Blues (W) (1, 0–1)	Scotty Bowman	J. C. Tremblay (11:40, third)
1969	Montreal Canadiens (E) (25, 16–8)	Claude Ruel	4–0	St. Louis Blues (W) (2, 0–2)		John Ferguson (3:02, third)
1970	Boston Bruins (E) (11, 4–7)	Harry Sinden	4–0	St. Louis Blues (W) (3, 0–3)		Bobby Orr (0:40, OT)
1971	Montreal Canadiens (E) (26, 17–8)	Al MacNeil	4–3	Chicago Black Hawks (W) (8, 3–5)	Billy Reay	Henri Richard (2:34, third)
1972	Boston Bruins (E) (12, 5–7)	Tom Johnson	4–2	New York Rangers (E) (8, 3–5)	Emile Francis	Bobby Orr (11:18, first)
1973	Montreal Canadiens (E) (27, 18–8)	Scotty Bowman	4–2	Chicago Black Hawks (W) (9, 3–6)	Billy Reay	Yvan Cournoyer (8:13, third)
1974	Philadelphia Flyers (W) (1, 1–0)	Fred Shero	4–2	Boston Bruins (E) (13, 5–8)	Bep Guidolin	Rick MacLeish (14:48, first)
1975	Philadelphia Flyers (CC) (2, 2–0)		4–2	Buffalo Sabres (PW) (1, 0–1)	Floyd Smith	Bob Kelly (0:11, third)
1976	Montreal Canadiens (PW) (28, 19–8)	Scotty Bowman	4–0	Philadelphia Flyers (CC) (3, 2–1)	Fred Shero	Guy Lafleur (14:18, third)
1977	Montreal Canadiens (PW) (29, 20–8)		4–0	Boston Bruins (PW) (14, 5–9)	Don Cherry	Jacques Lemaire (4:32, OT)
1978	Montreal Canadiens (PW) (30, 21–8)		4–2	Boston Bruins (PW) (15, 5–10)		Mario Tremblay (9:20, first)
1979	Montreal Canadiens (PW) (31, 22–8)		4–1	New York Rangers (CC) (9, 3–6)	Fred Shero	Jacques Lemaire (1:02, second)
1980	New York Islanders (CC) (1, 1–0)	Al Arbour	4–2	Philadelphia Flyers (CC) (4, 2–2)	Pat Quinn	Bob Nystrom (7:11, OT)
1981	New York Islanders (CC) (2, 2–0)		4–1	Minnesota North Stars (PW) (1, 0–1)	Glen Sonmor	Wayne Merrick (5:37, first)
1982	New York Islanders (PW) (3, 3–0)		4–0	Vancouver Canucks (CC) (1, 0–1)	Roger Neilson	Mike Bossy (5:00, second)
1983	New York Islanders (PW) (4, 4–0)		4–0	Edmonton Oilers (CC) (1, 0–1)	Glen Sather	Mike Bossy (12:39, first)
1984	Edmonton Oilers (CC) (2, 1–1)	Glen Sather	4–1	New York Islanders (PW) (5, 4–1)	Al Arbour	Ken Linseman (0:38, second)
1985	Edmonton Oilers (CC) (3, 2–1)		4–1	Philadelphia Flyers (PW) (5, 2–3)	Mike Keenan	Paul Coffey (17:57, first)
1986	Montreal Canadiens (PW) (32, 23–8)	Jean Perron	4–1	Calgary Flames (CC) (1, 0–1)	Bob Johnson	Bobby Smith (10:30, third)
1987	Edmonton Oilers (CC) (4, 3–1)	Glen Sather	4–3	Philadelphia Flyers (PW) (6, 2–4)	Mike Keenan	Jari Kurri (14:59, second)
1988	Edmonton Oilers (CC) (5, 4–1)		4–0	Boston Bruins (PW) (16, 5–11)	Terry O'Reilly	Wayne Gretzky (9:44, second)
1989	Calgary Flames (CC) (2, 1–1)	Terry Crisp	4–2	Montreal Canadiens (PW) (33, 23–9)	Pat Burns	Doug Gilmour (11:02, third)
1990	Edmonton Oilers (CC) (6, 5–1)	John Muckler	4–1	Boston Bruins (PW) (17, 5–12)	Mike Milbury	Craig Simpson (9:31, second)
1991	Pittsburgh Penguins (PW) (1, 1–0)	Bob Johnson	4–2	Minnesota North Stars (CC) (2, 0–2)	Bob Gainey	Ulf Samuelsson (2:00, first)
1992	Pittsburgh Penguins (PW) (2, 2–0)	Scotty Bowman	4–0	Chicago Blackhawks (CC) (10, 3–7)	Mike Keenan	Ron Francis (7:59, third)
1993	Montreal Canadiens (PW) (34, 24–9)	Jacques Demers	4–1	Los Angeles Kings (CC) (1, 0–1)	Barry Melrose	Kirk Muller (3:51, second)
1994	New York Rangers (EC) (10, 4–6)	Mike Keenan	4–3	Vancouver Canucks (WC) (2, 0–2)	Pat Quinn	Mark Messier (13:29, second)
1995	New Jersey Devils (EC) (1, 1–0)	Jacques Lemaire	4–0	Detroit Red Wings (WC) (19, 7–12)	Scotty Bowman	Neal Broten (7:56, second)
1996	Colorado Avalanche (WC) (1, 1–0)	Marc Crawford	4–0	Florida Panthers (EC) (1, 0–1)	Doug MacLean	Uwe Krupp (4:31, third OT)
1997	Detroit Red Wings (WC) (20, 8–12)	Scotty Bowman	4–0	Philadelphia Flyers (EC) (7, 2–5)	Terry Murray	Darren McCarty (13:02, second)
1998	Detroit Red Wings (WC) (21, 9–12)		4–0	Washington Capitals (EC) (1, 0–1)	Ron Wilson	Martin Lapointe (2:26, second)
1999	Dallas Stars (WC) (3, 1–2)	Ken Hitchcock	4–2	Buffalo Sabres (EC) (2, 0–2)	Lindy Ruff	Brett Hull (14:51, third OT)
2000	New Jersey Devils (EC) (2, 2–0)	Larry Robinson (interim)	4–2	Dallas Stars (WC) (4, 1–3)	Ken Hitchcock	Jason Arnott (8:20, second OT)
2001	Colorado Avalanche (WC) (2, 2–0)	Bob Hartley	4–3	New Jersey Devils (EC) (3, 2–1)	Larry Robinson	Alex Tanguay (4:57, second)
2002	Detroit Red Wings (WC) (22, 10–12)	Scotty Bowman	4–1	Carolina Hurricanes (EC) (1, 0–1)	Paul Maurice	Brendan Shanahan (14:04, second)
2003	New Jersey Devils (EC) (4, 3–1)	Pat Burns	4–3	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (WC) (1, 0–1)	Mike Babcock	Michael Rupp (2:22, second)
2004	Tampa Bay Lightning (EC) (1, 1–0)	John Tortorella	4–3	Calgary Flames (WC) (3, 1–2)	Darryl Sutter	Ruslan Fedotenko (14:38, second)
2005	Season cancelled due to the 2004–05 NHL lockout
2006	Carolina Hurricanes (EC) (2, 1–1)	Peter Laviolette	4–3	Edmonton Oilers (WC) (7, 5–2)	Craig MacTavish	Frantisek Kaberle (4:18, second)
2007	Anaheim Ducks (WC) (2, 1–1)	Randy Carlyle	4–1	Ottawa Senators (EC) (1, 0–1)	Bryan Murray	Travis Moen (15:44, second)
2008	Detroit Red Wings (WC) (23, 11–12)	Mike Babcock	4–2	Pittsburgh Penguins (EC) (3, 2–1)	Michel Therrien	Henrik Zetterberg (7:36, third)
2009	Pittsburgh Penguins (EC) (4, 3–1)	Dan Bylsma	4–3	Detroit Red Wings (WC) (24, 11–13)	Mike Babcock	Maxime Talbot (10:07, second)
2010	Chicago Blackhawks (WC) (11, 4–7)	Joel Quenneville	4–2	Philadelphia Flyers (EC) (8, 2–6)	Peter Laviolette	Patrick Kane (4:06, OT)
2011	Boston Bruins (EC) (18, 6–12)	Claude Julien	4–3	Vancouver Canucks (WC) (3, 0–3)	Alain Vigneault	Patrice Bergeron (14:37, first)
2012	Los Angeles Kings (WC) (2, 1–1)	Darryl Sutter	4–2	New Jersey Devils (EC) (5, 3–2)	Peter DeBoer	Jeff Carter (12:45, first)
2013	Chicago Blackhawks (WC) (12, 5–7)	Joel Quenneville	4–2	Boston Bruins (EC) (19, 6–13)	Claude Julien	Dave Bolland (19:01, third)
2014	Los Angeles Kings (WC) (3, 2–1)	Darryl Sutter	4–1	New York Rangers (EC) (11, 4–7)	Alain Vigneault	Alec Martinez (14:43, second OT)
2015	Chicago Blackhawks (WC) (13, 6–7)	Joel Quenneville	4–2	Tampa Bay Lightning (EC) (2, 1–1)	Jon Cooper	Duncan Keith (17:13, second)
2016	Pittsburgh Penguins (EC) (5, 4–1)	Mike Sullivan	4–2	San Jose Sharks (WC) (1, 0–1)	Peter DeBoer	Kris Letang (7:46, second)
2017	Pittsburgh Penguins (EC) (6, 5–1)		4–2	Nashville Predators (WC) (1, 0–1)	Peter Laviolette	Patric Hornqvist (18:25, third)
2018	Washington Capitals (EC) (2, 1–1)	Barry Trotz	4–1	Vegas Golden Knights (WC) (1, 0–1)	Gerard Gallant	Lars Eller (12:23, third)
2019	St. Louis Blues (WC) (4, 1–3)	Craig Berube (interim)	4–3	Boston Bruins (EC) (20, 6–14)	Bruce Cassidy	Alex Pietrangelo (19:52, first)
2020	Tampa Bay Lightning (EC) (3, 2–1)	Jon Cooper	4–2	Dallas Stars (WC) (5, 1–4)	Rick Bowness (interim)	Brayden Point (12:23, first)
2021	Tampa Bay Lightning (4, 3–1)		4–1	Montreal Canadiens (35, 24–10)	Dominique Ducharme (interim)	Ross Colton (13:27, second)
2022	Colorado Avalanche (WC) (3, 3–0)	Jared Bednar	4–2	Tampa Bay Lightning (EC) (5, 3–2)	Jon Cooper	Artturi Lehkonen (12:28, second)

Playoff formats

• 1926–27 to 1927–28: After NHL became the only league to compete for the Cup, the playoff champion of the NHL Canadian Division faced the playoff champion of the NHL American Division in the Stanley Cup Finals.^[7]
• 1928–29 to 1937–38: The league changed the playoff format: In the Stanley Cup Quarterfinals, both second place teams faced each other, as did the two third place teams. Both first place teams received a bye and automatically advanced to the semifinals, but had to face each other in that playoff round. As a result, two teams from the same division occasionally played each other in the Stanley Cup Finals.^[7]
• 1938–39 to 1966–67: Before the start of the 1938–39 season, the league contracted to seven teams, causing the league to implement a one division format. The NHL contracted even further to only six clubs by the 1942–43 season, beginning a period that became known as the Original Six Era.^[7]
• 1967–68 to 1969–70: As a result of the 1967 NHL Expansion, the league realigned its teams into the East Division and the West Division, with the playoffs arranged so that teams from each division would meet in the Stanley Cup Finals.^[7]
• 1970–71 to 1973–74: The league changed the playoff format again so that an Eastern Division team would always face a Western Division team in the Stanley Cup Semifinals. Therefore, two teams from the same division could face each other in the Stanley Cup Finals.^[7]
• 1974–75 to 1980–81: The league expanded to 18 teams and realigned into two conferences: the Prince of Wales Conference and the Clarence Campbell Conference. Twelve teams qualified for the postseason, but were seeded 1–12 regardless of conference (the four division winners received first round byes). This type of seeding system would continue after the league expanded the playoffs to 16 teams before the 1979–80 season.^[7]
• 1981–82 to 1992–93: The postseason format was altered so that once again the playoff champion of the Prince of Wales Conference faced the playoff champion of the Clarence Campbell Conference in the Stanley Cup Finals.
• 1993–94 to Present: The league's two conferences were renamed the Eastern and Western Conferences, respectively.^[7]